FILTERED Synonyms: 91 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of filtered

as in purified

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verb

past tense of filter

as in strained

to pass through a filter steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves

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as in refined

to remove usually visible impurities from after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

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Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large. — Vogue, 14 July 2026 The shepherd observed as Underwood boiled and stirred and filtered his brew. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026 The cold water at the kitchen sink is filtered and there are refill stations throughout the property, including at the fitness center, which, incidentally, is filled with new Technogym equipment. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026 First came establishing the Luke Bell Memorial Affordable Counseling Program, where royalties from his works are filtered to make mental health treatments more readily accessible in his home state of Wyoming. — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 7 July 2026 Fresh marigold leaves were rinsed, chopped, crushed, centrifuged, filtered, and evaporated. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 6 July 2026 Tucked away in a grotto filtered by the shade of olive trees and Aleppo pine, the facility looks like a game of Jenga, badly played. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026 Afternoon sun floods through the windows, filtered by gauzy curtains. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026 Blend 2½ cups frozen mixed berries (such as strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and/or blackberries), 1 cup filtered water or unsweetened coconut water, ¾ cup whole milk or 2% cottage cheese, and 2 Tbsp. — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 July 2026

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Adjective

Similarly, SpudCell was assembled from the bottom up with purified, nonliving parts.

— Tara Deans, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
Workers feed iron ore, coal and limestone into the furnaces’ top and use long sticks to punch open holes for purified molten iron to flow out from the bottom.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026

Definition of purified

Verb

Of course relationships—romantic or otherwise—would be strained.

— Lawrence Burney, Pitchfork, 16 July 2026
Since the outfielder strained his hamstring on June 9, Atlanta has gone just 10-18 and the offense has sputtered through one of its worst stretches of the season.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of strained

Adjective

The achievement shows how OpenAI and other AI firms are heavily investing in pure mathematics as a way to benchmark the technology’s ascent towards reasoning—and the strange directions those efforts often take.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 July 2026
There were new artists emerging who were sort of pure electronic artists like Kraftwerk and Gary Numan and so on.

— Peter Larsen, Daily News, 14 July 2026

Definition of pure

Verb

Early awards buzz is already building around several of the titles, which has screened for festival programmers.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 14 July 2026
Kansas is one of 21 states that rely on governors selecting appointees from a pre-approved list of candidates screened by nominating commissions, a Star analysis found.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

Definition of screened

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If the reorganization lag is being compounded by organized friction rather than just cost and complexity, the 8-to-12-year timeline Goldman extracted from the ICT era may turn out to be optimistic.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Copper is extracted in different areas with high mineral concentrations, which require enormous quantities of rock to be processed.

— Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Definition of extracted

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After other State Department officials clarified that position, Dutch authorities withdrew the authorization while Machado’s aircraft was already in flight, forcing it to return.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
When asked how that policy would be affected by the new budget language, Pojmann clarified that her comments referred to the department’s practice before the law took effect.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

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